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Typhoon Fengshen, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Frank, was the sixth named storm and the fourth typhoon recognised by the Japan Meteorological Agency. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center recognised Fengshen as the seventh tropical depression, the sixth tropical storm, and fifth typhoon of the 2008 Pacific typhoon season. Fengshen made a direct hit on the Philippines and China, leaving severe damage and resulted in at least 1371 deaths and leaving 87 people missing. 846 of the 922 people on board the Princess of the Stars were killed when the ship capsized. Still, the Philippines is the most heavily affected country in the wake of Fengshen. ==Meteorological history== On June 17, 2008 the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) started to monitor a tropical depression, that had developed about to the north-west of Melekeok, Palau. Later that day the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert as convective banding had continued to consolidate around the low level circulation center. Early the next day the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration named the depression as Frank. The JTWC then designated Frank as Tropical Depression 07W later that day whilst Frank was positioned to the south of a low level subtropical ridge of low pressure. Later that day the JTWC reported that Frank had intensified into a Tropical Storm. Early on June 19, the JMA upgraded the depression to a Tropical Storm and named it as Tropical Storm Fengshen.〔 Later that day Fengshen started rapidly intensify becoming a Severe Tropical Storm later that day and then both the JMA and the JTWC upgraded Fengshen to a Typhoon.〔 Early the next day Fengshen made its first landfall on Samar Island in the Philippines. As Fengshen moved towards the northwest the typhoon continued to intensify. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=PAGASA )〕 Fengshen was initially forecast to go through the Bicol Region but later on shifted its course further westward, eventually going towards the direction of Mindoro Province. However, before even reaching Mindoro it again shifted its direction northward towards the direction of Metro Manila, mainly because of the weakening of the high pressure area system in the northern part of the Philippines. Fengshen passed Metro Manila between 5 am and 6 am Sunday. With winds of 165 km/h, This was confirmed by eyewitness reports of the weather becoming suddenly calm after strong winds and rains in Quezon City, Marikina, and other nearby areas. Typhoon Fengshen, after creating havoc in the Philippines, travelled through the South China Sea early on June 23 and was heading northwards towards China. Soon after moving into the South China Sea, the JMA and PAGASA downgraded it to a severe tropical storm while the JTWC downgraded Fengshen from a typhoon to a tropical storm. PAGASA then issued its final advisory on Fengshen due to the storm leaving PAGASA's Area of Responsibility. Around June 24 22:00 UTC, Tropical Storm Fengshen made landfall on Shenzhen, Guangdong, entering Mainland China. The JTWC announced their final warning later that day. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Typhoon Fengshen (2008)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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